Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1802 - 1804 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 bound volume handwritten
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lallūjī Lāl Kavi was active at Fort William College.
Name of creator
Biographical history
It is presumed that Siva Prasanna Diivedi was associated with Fort William College.
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Gilchrist, a Scottish surgeon, linguist, philologist and Indologist, was Fort William College's first principal from 1800-1804.
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Romer was born in 1780 at Ancroft, County Durham, England. Romer held the office of Magistrate of Surat in 1816 and was Acting Governor of Bombay in 1831.He was vice-president of the British Empire Life Assurance Company Ltd in 1839. He wrote… read more
Repository
Archival history
The work was commissioned by John Gilchrist but came into the possession of John Romer.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The volume was acquired as part of a large donation given to the Society by John Romer on 18 November 1848.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A translation into the Braj Bhasha dialect of Hindi of Raja Niti, a version of the Hitopadesha, a series of fables. The translation was undertaken for John Gilchrist by Lallūjī Lāl Kavi and the scribe was Siva Prasanna Diivedi. it is dated to V.S. 1858/… read more
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Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is… read more
Conditions governing reproduction
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Language of material
- English
- Braj
Allied materials area
Related units of description
John Romer donated manuscripts and books to the Society on 1 April 1837 and 18 November 1848. Details of those still in the collections can be found in our Library catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.
The Donations Register Nov 1843 to Dec 1857 ( RAS… read more
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Place access points
Name access points
- Lallūjī Lāl Kavi (Subject)
- Siva Prasanna Diivedi (Subject)
- Gilchrist John Borthwick 1759-1841 (Subject)
- Romer John b 1780 (Subject)
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Archivist's note
The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.